Steelers/Bengals review Patriots preview
If you stayed up Monday night, then you saw the end of a game that should not have been that close. Perhaps shades of last year when the Steelers lost five in a row after starting out 6 – 2 on their way to a 9 – 7 record. Injuries were the order of the evening, as if the Steelers could afford to add more injuries to their already depleted roster. But this team just keeps on plugging away and that is a testament to the players stepping up and answering the call and coach Mike Tomlin’s mantra that the standard does not change. Fill ins are expected to perform. This game should not have been that close and should have been a blow out. Settling for field goals (and one miss that would have put the game away) is not what the doctor ordered. When you score touchdowns, you put the onus on the other team to try and play catch up. When you kick field goals, you give the other team life and the defense a moral victory. The difference between three and seven points is that important. Ri...